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見える・がみられる: the difference

Meaning

To be visible, To seem, To be in sight

Past papers

Not yet

Example

「遠とおすぎるから書かかれていることが見みえないよ。」

'Because it is too far, I cannot see what is written there.'

Meaning

Can see, Can be seen, Can observe, Can be observed, Be evident, Chance to see something

Past papers

Not yet

Example

夏なつには、ここでクマが見みられます。

In summer, bears can be seen here.

How to tell them apart

Unlike 「見える」, which just comes into view without your will: 「窓から海が見える」, 「目が悪くてよく見えない」.

「見られる」 means you have the chance or conditions to see: 「お金を払えば、映画が見られる」 (If you pay, you can watch the film). You cannot say 「×お金を払えば、映画が見える」.

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